I've been talking with my clients lately about mentors, encouraging them to internalize those they admire. It's occurred to me that many people feel too diminished to claim a mentor and that they believe you have to have someone's permission to establish him/her as your mentor. My vote is that we claim them, leave them alone if this is appropriate, but learn from them and internalize them, use them for the rest of our lives.
Here is a partial list of mine and as usual I will return to fill out the list.
Vija Lusebrink
Vija is one of the founding practitioners and theorists of art therapy. I was fortunate enough to have her as 1 of my 3 teachers in graduate school (in a class of 13). She co-developed The Expressive Therapies Continuum with another teacher of mine, Sandra Kagin, in 1978.
Don Juan Matus who very humorously has been give a Facebook page for his quotable quotes!
Diane Topping
John Bradshaw
Christine Page
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